Our Board of Directors oversees Eldorado’s senior management team, which is responsible for the daily operations of the business.
The Board works with senior management to develop strategic plans, establish long-term goals and monitor progress in achieving Eldorado’s corporate strategy. Eldorado’s Board provides senior management with independent, objective advice.
BOARD BIOGRAPHIES
Daniel Myerson
Chair of the Board
Committees: Technical
Daniel Myerson was appointed Chair of the Board on July 30, 2026, after first being elected Deputy Chair of the Board on April 14, 2026. Mr. Myerson is a disciplined mining entrepreneur and company builder with a strong track record of creating shareholder value. Most recently, he served as CEO and Executive Chairman of Foran Mining Corporation until it's acquisition in 2026, where he led the company's transformation into one of the sector's most respected growth stories, expanding its resource base and making new discoveries, securing value accretive financing, and advancing key permits and environmental approvals, including being instrumental in McIlvenna Bay's referral to Canada's Major Projects Office as a project of national priority; and building the McIlvenna Bay mine. He also positioned Foran as a leader in economical sustainable mining through its commitment to carbon neutrality, environmental stewardship, and community partnership. Prior to Foran, Myerson served as Head of Glencore's Canadian Zinc Business as well as its global trading team.
Christian Milau
President and Chief Executive Officer
Christian Milau joined Eldorado Gold in September 2025 as President and assumed the role of President & Chief Executive Officer on September 30, 2026.
Christian's expertise spans operational leadership, government and stakeholder relations across key mining jurisdictions in North and South America, Africa, and other global regions. Before joining Eldorado, he was Chief Executive Officer and a founder of Saudi Discovery Company, a private copper and gold exploration company. Prior to that, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Equinox Gold from 2016 to 2022, leading the company through significant growth from a single-asset developer to a multi-mine producer. Earlier in his career, he held the position of Chief Executive Officer at True Gold Mining, as well as Chief Financial Officer of Endeavour Mining and Vice President, Treasurer at New Gold.
Christian has previously served as a non-executive board member with several gold and copper companies including New Gold Inc., Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd., Arras Minerals Corp. and Copper Standard Resources Inc. He holds a Chartered Professional Accountant designation and was previously an investment banker in London, UK.
George Burns
Director
Committee: Sustainability
George Burns joined Eldorado's Board of Directors on October 1, 2026, following his retirement as Chief Executive Officer on September 30, 2026.
George Burns joined Eldorado on February 1, 2017 and assumed the role of President & Chief Executive Officer on April 28, 2017. To support Eldorado's growth and succession planning, he transitioned to the role of Chief Executive Officer on September 12, 2025. Prior to joining Eldorado, George was Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer at Goldcorp Inc. He also held the Goldcorp positions of Senior Vice President, Mexican Operations and Vice President, Canada and United States. Prior to that he was Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Centerra Gold Inc.
George has over 40 years of experience in the mineral sector, including executive, operations, development and engineering leadership roles in gold, copper and coal operations. George has served in various capacities for Asarco LLC including Vice President of Mining as well as numerous capacities for Cyprus Minerals Corporation. He began his career with Anaconda Company in 1978. Mr. Burns has also served in the past as an independent director of another public mining company.
Teresa Conway
Independent Director
Committees: Audit (Chair); Compensation; Corporate Governance and Nominating
Ms. Conway was elected to the Board of Directors in June 2018. She is a former executive with over 25 years of experience in the North American renewable energy and energy markets. She was the President & CEO of Powerex (2005 - 2017), and prior to that held various execuive positions since joining Powerex in 1993, including CFO, with accountability for information technology. She was also with PriceWaterhouse Coopers ("PWC") and her primary focus was mining. Ms. Conway holds a B.B.A. from Simon Fraser University and is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA). In addition, Ms. Conway has the designation ICD.D from the Institute of Corporate Directors. Ms. Conway also serves on the board of directors of Altius Minerals and Entrée Resources Ltd.
Samantha Espley
Independent Director
Committees: Compensation; Sustainability (Chair); Technical
Samantha was appointed to the Board of Directors in October 2025. She is a mining executive with over 35 years of experience in operations, technical services, and as a corporate director in the resource sector, with Vale Base Metals and Glencore and its predecessors. Currently, Ms. Espley is a Senior Executive Advisor at Stantec and an independent board member of Northern Graphite [NGC: TSX-V] and Paramount Gold Nevada [PZG: NYSE].
Ms. Espley holds a Master of Applied Science from Laurentian University and a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of Toronto. A Professional Engineer (P.Eng.), she holds a Corporate Directors Certification from CDI LLC. She is on the board of the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame and the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) and is the CAE's President-Elect. She was President of Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum (CIM) and the Chair of the CIM Health and Safety Society. Her honours include the Governor General's Gold Medal, Women in Mining Trailblazer Award, Engineering Management Award, CIM Diversity and Inclusion Award, and is a Global Top 100 Women in Mining.
Dr. Sally Eyre
Independent Director
Committees: Compensation (Chair); Corporate Governance and Nominating
Dr. Eyre was appointed to the Board of Directors in January 2026. She is a geologist and mining finance professional with over 30 years of extensive experience in global resource capital markets and mining operations. Currently, she is an independent board member of Ero Copper Corporation. Dr. Eyre previously served as a non-executive director of Equinox Gold Corporation, Senior Independent Director of Centamin plc and a non-executive director of Adventus Mining Corporation. During 2011 to 2014 she served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Copper North Mining and, prior thereto, served as Senior Vice President, Operations at Endeavour Mining, responsible for a portion of resource exploration, development and production projects throughout West Africa. Dr. Eyre served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Etruscan Resources Inc. (now Endeavour Mining Corp.), a gold company with producing assets in West Africa. She served as Director of Business Development for Endeavour Financial Ltd. and has held executive positions with a number of Canadian resource companies.
Dr. Eyre has a Ph.D. in Economic Geology from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London. Dr. Eyre is a member of the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG); a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors; and a former Director of the SEG Canada Foundation.
Patrick Godin
Lead Independent Director
Committees: Audit; Compensation; Technical (Chair)
Mr. Godin was elected to the Board of Directors in June 2026. He most recently served as President and Chief Executive Officer of New Gold Inc. from November 2022 until March 2026. Prior to joining New Gold, he served as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Pretium and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Stornoway Diamond Corporation. Mr. Godin has also held executive or senior operations positions for G Mining Services, Canadian Royalties, IAMGOLD and Cambior Inc. In addition to Eldorado Gold, he is currently a member of the Board of Directors of both Coeur Mining, Inc. and OR Royalites Inc. Mr. Godin holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Mining from Laval University in Quebec, Canada and has obtained the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.
Judith Mosely
Independent Director
Committees: Audit; Corporate Governance & Nominating (Chair); Sustainability
Ms. Mosely was appointed to the Board of Directors in September 2020. She has over 20 years of experience in the mining and metals sector, and most recently, held the position of Business Development Director for Rand Merchant Bank in London, with responsibility for developing the bank’s African business with international mining and metals companies. Prior to that, Ms. Mosely headed the mining finance team at Société Générale in London. Ms. Mosely holds a master's degree in sustainability leadership from the University of Cambridge where her research focused on decarbonization in the gold mining industry. She also holds a Master of Arts degree in modern languages from the University of Oxford and a diploma in business administration from the University of Warwick. She has the designation ICD.D from the Institute of Corporate Directors and serves on the boards of BlackRock World Mining Trust plc and Galiano Gold Inc.